Tasting Notes: Nobby:s T’owd Navigation

Nobbys T’owd Navigation (England: English Strong Ale: 6.1% ABV)

Visual: Quite dark, semi opaque brown red beer with a thin shimmer of bubbles.

Nose: Dry mocha and ash.

Body: Great dose of liquorice and bitter chocolate. Burnt wood. Semi sweet lime at the back. Treacle, marzipan and old style hard sweets.

Finish: Black hard liquorice bits and bitter chocolate. Wheat at the very end.

Conclusion: More than it seems at first sip. I was ready to slate this beer initially but as the pint progressed the flavour slowly built up, and lighter elements shimmered though the back.

Feels a very old style beer with a lot to recommend it, the streets of beamish museum and pealing black and white photos come to mind.

Surprisingly good with a wonderfully treacherous streak of bitterness.